John Perry

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Education

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1968

Areas of Interest

Philosophy of Language and Mind

Profile

Professor Perry received his B.A. in Philosophy from Doane College and his Ph.D. from Cornell in 1968. He was a member of the Philosophy Department at UCLA from 1968 to 1974, and since 1974 has been at Stanford University, where he is the Henry Walgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy. Professor Perry comes to Riverside half time, in conjunction with his phased retirement from Stanford. Professor Perry has published several books and many articles on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind. He received a Jean Nicod Prize (France), a Humboldt Prize (Germany), and a Guggenheim Fellowship. At Stanford he served as the Chair of the Philosophy Department for many years, and also as Director of the Center for the Study of Language and Information, which he helped to found in 1983. He is co-host of the radio program “Philosophy Talk.”

FACULTY PROFILE

Jozef Müller works in ancient philosophy. He is currently working on various research projects, including a book on Aristotle’s moral psychology, a translation and commentary of Aristotle’s treatment of pleasure in the Nicomachean Ethics, and various articles.

NEWS

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